On Thursday, 03/30/2006 at 01:46 MST, Mel Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and after logon, z/VM replies with: > > NIC 0500 is created; devices 0500-0502 defined > NIC 0500 is connected to VSWITCH SYSTEM LINUX1 > > During the IPL of the SLES9 installation system, after the networking > information is entered, various qeth messages and a "eth0 is available, > continuing with network setup" inspire me. Then, while trying to ping > the gateway, I get 100% packet loss and: > > Warning: The gateway address 172.4.1.1 did not ping. > > The user ID does not have TCPIP command access so I can't > try to ping/ftp to any other address to further diagnose from z/VM. > I'd like to be able to determine if it's an issue with the user ID or > something in the Linux VMRDR/INITRD. Not sure how to do that.
It sounds like there's no OSA connected to the VSWITCH or the switch port is incorrectly configured. If you directly attach the the OSA to the guest instead of the VSWITCH, can the guest ping 172.4.1.1? What does QUERY VSWITCH show? Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
